Mattress-display rack.



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A. FISHER MATTRESS DISPLAY RAGK. APPLICATION FILEDAG. 9, 1913.

Patented 00t.20,1914.

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INI/ENTOR /1 TTORNE YS THE MORRIS PETERS Co.,Pllo1oAL1Tn I WASHlNnn/M I: c

UNTTED ALFRED FISHER, OF DALLAS,

TEXAS.

MATTRESS-DISPLAY RACK.

Lunies.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it knownL that I, ALFRED FISHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Mattress-Display Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

LLMy invention has reference to mattress racks in which slidable trays are adapted to be projected beyond the front of the rack and supported in a tilted position for the proper display of the mattress.

lt is the design of my invention to improve in various particulars racks of the indicated character, to the end that convenience in operation may be promoted, asv well as simplicity of construction and economy of manufacture. l

rlie invention will be particularly eX- plained in the specific description following. v

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view cfa mattress rack embodying ymy invention, the parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail in vertical section; Fig. l is a detail in section on the line l-4 of Fig. 3 Fig. 5

` is a sectional side view of the carriage and controlling means for a supporting chain for the mattress; and Fig. 6 is a sectional end view of the devices shown in Fig. 5.

In constructing a practical embodiment of my invention, the rack is formed with a bars 11 and front bars 12. rFhere may be also a longitudinal bottom bar 13 for strength. The several corner posts, side bars and front bars are formed of angleiron, and the side bars receive sliding trays 11 which are providedk on the sides thereof, near the rear end of each tray, with running rollers 15, there being friction rollers 16 on the side bars 11, near the front of the rack. The side bars 11 form tracks for the running rollers 15. The said'tracks extend at the front beyond the friction rollers 16.

With the described construction any tray the running rollers 15 pass the friction rollers 16 and contact with the front bars 12,

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

framework comprising corner posts 10, side 1st may be run outward on the bars 11 until f Patented oct. 2o, 1914.

applicati-mi aiesnugust 9,1913. serial No. 783,956.

the latter forming a stop.l In'the outer po-4 sition of the tray it1nay be tilted downwardly, with'th'e running lrollers 15 asr an axis, to the position indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1. p

In order to support the tray in the tilted outer position each tray is formed with a downwardly-disposed hook 17 on the front thereof, which is adapted to engage inthe links of-an endless sprocket chain 1S. The chain 18 hangs freely from a sprocket wheel 19, the shaft 20 of which is journaled in a travel on an overhead track 23. rfhe track is supported in any suitable manner; in the carriage 21, the running `wheels 22 of which instance shown one end 23EL is secured to y the top of the rack while the forward end is supported by a hanger cord 23, or thelike, which may be, in practice, attached to a ceiling. The cord 23b connects with a strap 23c on the outer end of thevbar 23, the strap forming a stop limitingl the outward movement of the carriage 21. On the shaft or pin 20 of the sprocket wheel 19 is a ratchet wheel 24, adapted to be engaged by afpawl 25 which is pivoted between its endson the carriage, one arm of the pawl having `ccnnection with a. pull rope 2G, to release the `pawlv for raising and' lowering thel tray the chain 18. They y pawl serves to'hold the chain and tilted matthrough the medium of tresstray in a given position.`

By adapted to run forward and back, the chain may be brought to a proper position, ac-

cording to whether an upper or a lower tray is to be supported by the chain, the upper trays requiring, for a proper display of the mattresses thereon, that the chain be in a position nearer to the rack than when the lower' trays areto be supported.

By the described construction the mat-KL tress may be quickly brought to a position to be advantageously displayed, and readilyv returned to the rack with a minimum of efi fort on the part of thesalesman.

mounting the chain i on a carriage" v 490 Having thus described my invention, l i

claim as new and desire to secure by 4Letters Patent: I y

1. A display rack ofv the rindicated character comprising a traysupport, a tray slid-r able on the support tobe projected to an outer position in yfront of the support and adapted to tilt downwardly when in the outer position, in combination with a suspension chain'pdepending in front `of the rack, the tray having means to engage said chain.

2. The combination With a display rack having sliding trays adapted to be moved outward to project beyond the rack, thetrays being adapted to tilt, of a carriage, an overhead track on which the carriage may travel forward and backward, a depending4 ksuspension means on the carriage for supporting a tray,

fitnesses D. B. EADER, 'OTHO LYERLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, JJ. C. 

